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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I honestly don’t think they understand that people are facing violence. It’s just so far outside their reference point that it doesn’t even clock.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You should also look into Fibromyalgia: some medical providers diagnose or use Fibro interchangeably with its ME/CFS.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How to push more people to not have children Many already reference the punitive nature of school attendance (holiday cost) as a reason to not have children Adding a risk of prison when having an autonomous human will just convince more to not choose parenthood Support the community and parents

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Young analysts in particular, several sources said, are natives on these tools and more likely to trust them uncritically. “AI allows you to get to a bad idea faster,” one of the sources said."

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"For some older intelligence officials — even those who broadly support the use of AI inside the military — AI has put pressure on analysts to produce and disseminate intelligence faster, opening the door for mistakes."

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"The kind of “hallucination” that the tool used by the analyst in this case conjured has not been an isolated incident across the intelligence community since these tools began proliferating across government, according to one of the sources."

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"the episode with the Chinese ship underscores a different, and more immediate risk: human beings making disastrous decisions based on inaccurate or misleading information generated by AI or other automated systems."

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"the episode underscores the profound risks of using this powerful, new and relatively poorly understood technology for targeting in the middle of a war. Analysts have long feared that AI could lead to a catastrophic miscalculation if nation states are relying on poor or corrupted data"

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"The report, according to one of the sources, was “entirely false.” But it also “almost started a war,” the source said. Any US operation against a Chinese vessel could have risked spiraling into an armed conflict between the two nations."

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of AI—and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material [nukes] the ship was carrying"

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The U.S. military almost started a war with China due to "AI error" An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care

cnn.com

Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

AI companies who attempt to hack should face legal ramifications: hiding behind "agents" isn't legitimate. It is a federal crime to not only succeed in hacking but also to conspire or attempt to commit hacking (US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - 18 U.S.C. § 1030). They are not above the law.

theguardian.com

Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You’ve suffered 10+ years of me raging against realist IR theories. What a ridiculous set of theories that pretend to be rational while being an irrational death spiral.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If this becomes the only phone I’m going to have to go to android 😭

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Democracy needs freedom to dissent & private wire tapping is illegal "Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."

prospect.org

Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If the thing you are making can cause all humans to become extinct there is a moral duty to stop. These companies are taking advantage of a fractured global order to rush development without a chance for international cooperation to take place. They have the power, but are pretending they don't.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fear being a high chance (>10%) of human extinction this decade They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"

wsj.com

Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears

Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was in Pattaya once when a US aircraft docked: I never experienced anything like it and I hope I never will again.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As a Canadian I’ll never understand how there’s not strict rules around what those close to power can do in the UK. Parliamentarians and their staff have to have blind investments, no second jobs, and reporting procedures.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Early Warning Systems would be used for more than just glaciers. The systems are put into place for multiple extreme weather and earth events, including earthquakes, and should take into account how conditions have changed due to climate change. EWS were just one of the measures I thought about.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is why adaptation funding needs to be equal with mitigation. Multilateral Development Banks have agreed to this in principle, but funding hasn't materialized. Early Warning Systems is only one part of adaptation, supply routes post-disaster is another. Its complexity needs a systems approach.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I won't claim to know Australia well: we reviewed their housing stock for a couple reports. I hope your house has more insulation than the average. If AMOC collapses much of the UK could be facing -25 (especially Scotland) to +50. Thankfully this isn't likely in our lifetimes & can be avoided still

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”. The name is over 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada & the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. @mark-carney.bsky.social

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

When I was 5 I visited family in Australia for months, and I remember that some Australian homes were bone chillingly cold. Found out later that insulation isn't really a thing. Found the same bone chill in many Japanese homes. I'll take Toronto homes please 😅

theguardian.com

Why so many Australian homes are either too hot or too cold

Chances are the reason you’re cold right now isn’t just because of a polar air mass – it’s because millions of Australian houses are poorly insulated

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I loved when Chinese shops showed them all how these bags were made and what they cost in materials.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This can still be prevented by shifting to renewables and should be. We should also start learning from places like Toronto, Canada on how you handle hot summers and cold winters.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

These are the questions that’s those working on adaptation try to address. They are difficult, expensive, but important. One of the first things I thought of having worked in this space is if there been an early warning system fewer lives would have been lost. There are not plans in place.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Adaptation doesn’t mean no dire consequences, or Seattle/Vancouver wouldn’t exist because the big one will cause excessive damage. You mitigate the impacts, reduce exposure, respond quickly to events, and then work with the community to rebuild or relocate. Local agency has to be respected though.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Happened to someone I knew at 12: they died. I've always worn a helmet since then. I'm just as concerned with the ground as a car.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just devastatingly sad. The Nepalese have produced almost no CO2 but are at the front lines of climate change.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In do think this framing could help with water consumption: virtual water as a concept is not well known. Our external water footprints are much larger than people assume Downplaying the emissions progress is harmful though. There is some GHG externalization but it doesn't negate mitigation success

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I didn't know as someone fighting endo all my life. I knew about the infertility and pride in her life. Honestly, just makes me respect her more because her narrative always focused on how it could help others than pushing her own story. What a story it was.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I don't think the Nepalese did this to themselves: this was done to them. "Nepal emitted 0.05% of the world's CO2 emissions in 2024... Nepal has emitted 0.01% of global CO2 emissions since 1751."

ourworldindata.org

Nepal - CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Country Profile

Data on Nepal’s greenhouse gas emissions

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Adaptation doesn't just involve avoiding tragic event happening: it's also about making sure the resources are available to respond, support, and rebuild. These communities need adaptation plans and international support already lined up. These events will get more frequent and they deserve help.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I couldn't. At 12 someone I knew fell off their bike, hit their head without a helmet, and died. Not worth it.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I like the idea of having civil service experience. Going from the service industry into an office position was hard & the skills you learn in an office are more beneficial to a CV. I would worry about psychological safety: they would need to be paired with someone who understands their background.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I do think people need to be paid. I don't know how I would have survived aging out of foster care without saving from my jobs from 14. In Canada, I worked at the deli grocery store as an employee, as did many others in secondary school. It wasn't about confidence but having a real, paid job to live

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In Canada I worked at the deli at a grocery store at 14. I was paid. I needed that money to be able to save before I aged out of care I can't imagine working that job without pay. It would have been so difficult to go from foster care to university without those jobs. Their time deserves to be paid

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I worked in the deli at a grocery story (in Canada) at 14-16. Many people did. I took on more hours because I was a foster kid. Anyone doing the job needs to be paid. I can't imagine how it's not.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Canada’s federal donation limit is $1775, to each party. Then you have limits for Provinces, like BC is $1500. 500K is such a high bar to begin with. If you kept it in line with Canada (both federal and provincial) it would be a yearly donation of £1750 per person, per political party.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If more people with power and influence operated like Dolly Parton we’d be in a good place. Thanks for all the books, vaccines, and LGBTQ+ love in the face of growing American hate.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yes. Myers-Briggs can be fun, but shouldn’t ever be taken seriously. IQ is just harmful, always.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

From experience, these sort of argumentations were common in Oxford when he attended. Debates like “eugenics are the way forward” were proposed. Lots of people loved these “edgy” takes.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Economist loved Acemoglu when he wrote about institutions, but now that he’s speaking sense on AI they publish a hit piece. Regulations and safeguards for AI are necessary. A tool is used to benefit our communities and keep our environment livable. We need more pro-human AI voices.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

AMOC shutdown will see the UK have a similar climate to Toronto. Hot summers and cold winters. It’s a lot easier to stay warm than get cool.

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